198! Preponderance of Ponderances: Jess Edition

This week, Preponderance of Ponderances is back with Jess in the driver's seat. She talks with Joey and Aaron about Sax-a-booms, mushrooms, preserving the dead, aquamation, Fruit Loop hair, objectivity, and averages. They don’t talk about Harry Sultenfuss. 

references 

• Jack Black performing his legendary Sax-A-Boom with The Roots

• NYT Cooking: Honey-Glazed Mushrooms With Udon

• Boil your mushrooms

• The French Chef episode on Boeuf Bourguignon

• The New York Times: The Fading Art of Preserving the Dead

• CBS News: Want to go green after death? Aquamation, composting offer eco-friendly burial options

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

• Snatch

• Jake Baldino

• Toronto Star: When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages

• Isaiah Mustafa is the man your man could smell like.

• Albanese Candy

• NPR: Are Gummy Bear Flavors Just Fooling Our Brains?

• Behavioral scientist and professor Aradhna Krishna on the power of mental imagery